BYU, Utah State basketball: Wednesday night game still in question

PROVO — The BYU-Utah State basketball game, scheduled for Wednesday night, is expected to be postponed after Aggie junior Danny Berger collapsed and stopped breathing during practice Tuesday.

PROVO — The BYU-Utah State basketball game, scheduled for Wednesday night, is expected to be postponed after Aggie junior Danny Berger collapsed and stopped breathing during practice Tuesday.

According to reports, Berger was revived and breathing again before going to the hospital in Logan. Berger was then transported to the Intermountain Medical Center in Murray. According to the Logan Herald Journal, Berger was in stable but critical condition.

Berger, 22, averages 7.6 points and 3.6 rebounds per game for Utah State. He started 25 of the final 31 games last year for the Aggies.

As of 10:30 p.m., Tuesday, there was no official announcement about the status of Wednesday's game. The Herald Journal reported that the game had been postponed.

Lightening Lad, Danny didn't come down with the flu. He effectively died
(stopped breathing, no pulse, not responding to CPR) on the court during
practice as the team was about to finish and board a bus to Provo. Many of the
coaches and
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Jeff Call has been a sportswriter for the Deseret News since 1997. He is the BYU beat writer and has been covering Cougar sports since 1993, when he served as sports editor at the Daily Universe. Call has written several more ..